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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1910
Page
2
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Town Development reviews Troy’s chronic affliction described as neuralgia of the pocketbook. The piece mocks the ailment, noting pain in the ventral jeans region and heart interference, mainly among well to do residents. It suggests progressive towns worsen it, with chambers of commerce as sights, and imagines a dead town retreat for tightwads.
Reader notes the trend of doctors removing the vermiform appendix from many patients and questions whether future generations will lack this seemingly surplus organ. The query speculates on long term anatomical reduction and its implications for medicine and biology.
The Toledo Blade remarks that some husbands speak in their sleep because it is the only chance they get at home. This quip highlights domestic humor about marital life and nightly conversations.
Despite limited anti sentiment reaching Troy, broad discontent emerges elsewhere with noticeable opposition from residents. Officials note rising distrust in policies and actions shaping community priorities.
Washington letter notes Gifford Pinchot’s praise of the Roosevelt conservation program and warning that water powers face suffocation by Congress. It discusses Taft’s administration, calls for younger officers, political tensions, parcel post debates, and proposals to move inauguration to last Thursday in April, with varied legislative responses.
A letter decries Jarvis township roads as the worst in the county. It urges farmers to drag one half mile daily and proposes a fixed payment per mile to motivate dragging. The writer questions road meetings and favors drug use as a remedy, seeking betterment before muddy season.
Greenville holds a special election to decide on borrowing twenty thousand dollars for hard road construction. Highland votes fifty six thousand dollars for the same purpose with no loan attached.
With a few more balmy days residents anticipate a proposal to build an electric line through Highland, signaling possible progress on the long discussed route. The note points to a forthcoming approach from an interested party seeking to outline plans and advantages of the transmission project.
In Trenton Sun report, four large hunches fell from a ceiling in the circuit court room last week. No repairs will be attempted until after the court proceedings conclude.
A humorous letter from Jarvis Township Farmer rails at new fangled Central American chickens that lay eggs in hot sand and fry on impact. The narrator imagines Lena’s hen house transformed, with eggs ready at dawn and women’s work redefined as chickens’ toil, as townsfolk gossip spread.
Siler City resident Will A. Marsh recalls suffering from piles until Bucklen's Arnica Balm cured him. The ad notes balm eases burns, boils, ulcers, fever sores, eczema, cuts, chapped hands, and chilblains. Available 25c at Kingston's in St Louis markets.
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